It just hit me, I've turned into a grandma, or a mom, and I don't even have kids yet. I buy mom magazines like Family Circle (going on my 5th year of subscriptions), Real Simple, Martha Stewart's magazine and lots and lots of cooking magazines. I would rather shop at Michael's or Hobby Lobby than any clothing store. I find myself buying decorating magazines even though I'm pretty far from beginning to redo my house (gotta have paint, floors and furniture for that!). I'm creative and want to do things myself. I loved painting our bedroom and the bathroom (well half of it). I have curtains up, which is a big change from sheets over the windows or plastic mini-blinds. I mean, I crochet for G-d's sake! Even my mom calls it my geriatric hobby.
But what really gets me is the big decision that I recently made. While reading Martha Stewart (I know - nothing says geriatric better than that!) I was excited to learn of some "do it yourself" gifts. It was something that I would actually use and knew that my friends and family would also use it too. Who knew that making gifts for people would be so time-consuming and soooo expensive. But I'm half-way through with all of the gifts so I have to see it through.
Lucky for Sam that I'm so damn creative and ambitious. All he has to do is sign his name to the cards. And that's okay, I've been keeping receipts and he will be reimbursing me for "supplies". And did I mention that I'm really going overboard with these gifts? I don't even recall a year where we gave gifts to all of our friends. I just hope that we're not laughed at for giving homemade gifts. I just feel that we're starting over this year for the holidays. Sam will be back home (finally! - oops, secret's out!!), we're reunited with friends and family and we're back in our home. Basically, life is no longer on hold. So why not celebrate with hours and hours of prepping holiday gifts. And there's nothing like getting started during the second week of the month when the holidays are just around the corner.
So, this is a proclamation to our friends and family who read this (all 3, maybe 4 of you), please accept our gifts for what they're meant to be - a gesture of love and thoughtfulness. Don't make fun of them if they're not too pretty, just remember the thought behind it.
Well, enough of a rant for me. Gotta get back to creating. I would give hints, but lucky for all of you, it's close enough to the holidays that you can just wait! Well, except for you, mom. You already know what I got you. T-minus 10 more days to complete 10 more gifts. I'm on it!!
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